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TIL high purity carbon dioxide is a byproduct of ammonia fertilizer production and is bought by Coca-Cola to carbonate their drinks.

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owP8 TIL that for Wayne’s World the studio wanted to use a Guns N’ Roses track instead of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” but Mike Myers fought to feature the Queen song, even threatening to quit the production unless it got in.
YpLe7 TIL doctors, nurses and Catholic clergy were involved in stealing ~ 300,000 babies during the Franco era in Spain. Children were moved from parents deemed "undesirable" and placed them with "approved" families. Birth mothers were told their baby had died.
MJDK TIL: Pot consumption in the form of a milkshake is quite common in India …
wLEe7 TIL: Brussels sprouts, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, and collard greens are all vegetables that were created from the same plant (wild mustard plant) by selectively breeding for certain modified traits like stem size and flower bud location
G7QQ TIL Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair and sat on the first one while writing much of the Declaration of Independence